The Sentinel Wars by Shannon Butcher

Reading Level: Adult
(4 out of 5)

I discovered Shannon Butcher after reading her husband Jim Butcher's first book Storm Front. At the end of Storm Front was an excerpt of Burning Alive and I knew I had to read it. It just sounded like my type of book and it was. Of course it ended up being a series. I don't seem to read stand alone books anymore. I was able to quickly read through her first four books while I was impatiently waiting for her husband's second book to come in for me at the library. I finally have it now in my greedy little hands. Now I'm impatiently waiting to see if the library will purchase her fifth book in this series. My world revolves too much around books. I always seem to be waiting impatiently for some book or another. But I don't think I would have it any other way.

They are the Sentinels. Three races descended from ancient guardians of mankind, each possessing unique abilities in their battle to protect humanity against their eternal foes: the Synestryn.

The three races include the Theronai, the Sanguinar, and the Slayers. All three groups of Sentinels come from the alternate world Athanasia and are tasked with protecting humanity from the monsters called Synestryn, but all three groups don't exactly get along. In the first four books you find out quite a bit about the Theronai. They are a group of men and very few women. A Theronai male fights the Synestryn with a sword. When he finds his life mate she fights by his side using his power to fuel her own helping him in battle. Without his life mate he will eventually die. The Sanguinar are a race of vampires. And so far all are men. Very beautiful and they have the power to heal the Theronai. But they need blood to survive and the Theronai do not trust or like the Sanguinar very much even though they use them. The Slayers have been less talked about. You just know that they are who the Theronai send their men to that have lost their souls and need to be put to death. Hopefully we will find out more about them in the next few books.

Burning Alive is Drake and Helen's story.
Finding the Lost is Paul and Andra's story.
Running Scared is Zach and Lexi's story.
Living Nightmare is Madoc and Nika's story. I have to admit I have a soft spot for Madoc.

Along with their stories are other peoples stories interwoven into the mix. You want to read these in order. I went out of order not realizing it and was a little confused.